Charlene Mae (Ball) Ricks, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Certified Professional Secretary in the law enforcement field, through the National Association of Secretaries, passed from this life to be at home with her Lord and Savior at the age of 84. She passed at her home in Prescott Valley, Arizona, attended by her husband and daughter on October 30, 2021. Charlene and her husband, Paul Ricks, had been married 45 years.
She is survived by her husband, Paul C. Ricks, her daughter, Vickie Ann Martinez, her granddaughter Kerrianne Comrofski and great-granddaughter Fiona Comrofski.
Charlene was an accomplished pianist, frequently playing for the worship services at the adult community in which she resided. Charlene was born in Alamosa, Colorado on December 16, 1936 and lived the first 80 years of her life in both Pueblo and Colorado Springs, moving to Arizona in 2017.
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